camber questions

[1998gstspyder]

My alignment shop told me that i have a camber of -2.5(left) -2.1(right) for the front and -3.1(left) and -3.8(right) for the rear. There are some camber kits that adjust to 1 degree, some to 3 degree, some to .75 degree, which would i need to fix my camber problem? what is the recommeneded camber by mitsubishi?

 

[4G63Boosted]

Did the shop give a you a printout of the alignment readings? If so, it should have the factory specs on it. I'm not sure off the top of my head what the factory specs for our cars are, but if you would like I can get them for you when I get to work tomorrow. I would say that you are probably going to need the 3 degree cams to bring yours back into spec.

 

[1998gstspyder]

Did the shop give a you a printout of the alignment readings? If so, it should have the factory specs on it. I'm not sure off the top of my head what the factory specs for our cars are, but if you would like I can get them for you when I get to work tomorrow. I would say that you are probably going to need the 3 degree cams to bring yours back into spec.

if you can provide those, please do....98 eclipse gst spyder

 

[4G63Boosted]

Spec. Tolerance
Left Camber -0.33* 0.50*
Right Camber -0.33* 0.50*

Left Caster 4.67* 1.50*
Right Caster 4.67* 1.50*

Total Toe 0.00* 0.24*


Rear

Left Camber -1.67* 0.50*
Right Camber -1.67* 0.50*

Total Toe 0.24* 0.24*

 

[1998gstspyder]

wow thank u...so if i get a camber kit for the front (i have -2.5)...i need a kit that will adjust 2.17 degrees? to get it to be -.33??

 

[Nonrml4]

I just went through all of this, you will need the one that adjusts 3 degrees. Its not bad to install at all.

 

[Tevenor]

The camber kits use their max adjustability to bring back to 0 camber. So a 3 degree kit can return a -3 degree camber to 0. A .75 degree kit can reduce a -.75 degree camber to 0 or say a -1.5 degree camber to -.75, etc.

Also make sure your toe is good. Camber will wear tires unevenly but bad toe will destroy tires faster than you can blink. Well maybe not that fast but pretty damn fast.

 

[4G63Boosted]

Yes, out of spec toe is very bad for the tires. Too much negative toe, the tires will look like \ / going down the road, too much positive / \. Toe will wear tires quite a bit faster than camber will.

 

[1998gstspyder]

thanks for the post guys, just bought a 3 degree camber kit, now what should i have the shop leave it at? what is specificed by mitsubishi that 4g63 posted? or should i go down to 0?

 

[wret]

Yes, out of spec toe is very bad for the tires. Too much negative toe, the tires will look like \ / going down the road, too much positive / \. Toe will wear tires quite a bit faster than camber will.

...Um, you have toe/camber and positive/negative confused. Asside from that you are 100% correct.

 

[Nonrml4]

thanks for the post guys, just bought a 3 degree camber kit, now what should i have the shop leave it at? what is specificed by mitsubishi that 4g63 posted? or should i go down to 0?

0 might not be the best thing, When I had mine set they set it dead center of the diven dimensions. I never told the shop what I wanted it set at, they just went with factory specs. John

 

[4G63Boosted]

Wret, that is a view of the tires from the top looking down. I probably should have specified that in my previous post.